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Port Royal Sound Foundation outlines volunteer monitoring expansion and new data tools for Beaufort County watershed
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Courtney Kimmel of the Port Royal Sound Foundation told Beaufort CountyStormwater board that expanded volunteer monitoring, a public data portal and a $125,000 grant aim to close gaps in long-term water-quality data across the roughly 1,500-square-mile watershed.
Courtney Kimmel, director at the Port Royal Sound Foundation, told the Beaufort County Stormwater Management Utility Board on April 8 that the foundation is expanding local monitoring to better detect and respond to change across the Port Royal Sound watershed.
Kimmel said the watershed covers about 1,500 square miles and includes most of Beaufort County. She summarized an assessment of CCAP and state data showing the estuary remains relatively healthy but is changing, especially in tidal creeks. "We are not in a place of restoration. We are still in a really fortunate place of conserving and protecting a really healthy estuary," Kimmel said.
To address gaps in spatial and temporal coverage, Kimmel…
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